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show weill hear from president obama. he will step to the stage in front of the podium at the united nations general assembly. that will happen at 10:00 eastern. big moment for the president because critics have been saying he should have been more focused on the dramatic events that have been unfolding including the murder of four americans at our consulate in libya. governor romney hitting the president on the campaign trail for referring to the turmoil going on there as bumps in the road. >> there are extraordinary events going on in the middle east. considering those events either one of them or all of them collectively as bumps in the road shows a person who has very different perspective about world affairs than the perspective i have. i think this is time for america to exert leadership. this is not something we're doing in the middle east. frankly the course we're on domestically left so many people behind. i think we have to take a very different course than the course that has been followed last four years. bill
show weill hear from president obama. he will step to the stage in front of the podium at the united nations general assembly. that will happen at 10:00 eastern. big moment for the president because critics have been saying he should have been more focused on the dramatic events that have been unfolding including the murder of four americans at our consulate in libya. governor romney hitting the president on the campaign trail for referring to the turmoil going on there as bumps in the road....
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>> well, it's humerus to listen to the obama campaign. what we've seen with this administration is they've taken a naive view of the world constantly with all of their decisions. president obama thought it was a good idea to negotiate with north korea and what we see now is they are on the brink of a nuclear test. he said he would sit down with mahmoud ahmadinejad without preconditions. they've had three years now and are on the brink of a nuclear weapon. with russia the american people heard him say he's had more flexibility after the election. it's ridiculous that he tells the american people one thing and that he's going to give more behind close doors. bill: react to what you know is going to be a clear and obvious charge, and joe biden is going to make it in about two hours, and that is this. there is no difference between governor romney and president george bush. how would you react to that? >> first off, governor romney as scribes to what president ronald reagan called peace through strength. if he wants to talk about policies of
>> well, it's humerus to listen to the obama campaign. what we've seen with this administration is they've taken a naive view of the world constantly with all of their decisions. president obama thought it was a good idea to negotiate with north korea and what we see now is they are on the brink of a nuclear test. he said he would sit down with mahmoud ahmadinejad without preconditions. they've had three years now and are on the brink of a nuclear weapon. with russia the american people...
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president obama yesterday telling the u.n. assembly that america will get to the bottom of the murders of chris stevens and the others. >> the attack on civilians in benghazi were attacks on america. there should be no doubt we will be relentless tracking down the killers and bringing them to justice. bill: how possible is that while order in libya is still unknown? we want to begin our coverage now. greg palkot streaming live out of tripoli. what is the latest on this militia crackdown there, greg? >> reporter: bill, martha, we're getting mixed signals about that. we were just talking to our contact in benghazi. he said one of the key militias in that city is it falling into line with the government. we've been out and about here in tripoli. we visited one compound where militias were driven out by libyan security forces but there are new protests planned for here and in benghazi on friday. a sign maybe the folks here aren't too sure what is going on with the militias. amid new concerns some of their weapons are going into th
president obama yesterday telling the u.n. assembly that america will get to the bottom of the murders of chris stevens and the others. >> the attack on civilians in benghazi were attacks on america. there should be no doubt we will be relentless tracking down the killers and bringing them to justice. bill: how possible is that while order in libya is still unknown? we want to begin our coverage now. greg palkot streaming live out of tripoli. what is the latest on this militia crackdown...
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obama. in 2008 he set the expectations bar so high against positioning himself as the only one who could fix it and sort of the transcendent guy would sit above petty politicking and fix the mess. now he is in a position where he has to lower the bar and ratchet it down. guy, we hired you to fix the problem. we didn't hire you to whine about it. we didn't hire you to say we need another term in order to do this. we hired you to do a in space of four years. that will be a miserable failure and a great disappointment. >> as you both point out, lanny admits it is a tough sell. we'll see how t goes tonight. lanny davis and monica in charlotte. martha? martha: they put their lives on the line for our freedom but are our men and women in uniform facing a big obstacle -- look! she wears the scarlet markings! out! your kind is not welcome here! nor your odd predilections! miracle whip is tangy and sweet, not odd. [ villager 1 ] it's evil! if you'd try it, you'd know. she speaketh the truth! [ villag
obama. in 2008 he set the expectations bar so high against positioning himself as the only one who could fix it and sort of the transcendent guy would sit above petty politicking and fix the mess. now he is in a position where he has to lower the bar and ratchet it down. guy, we hired you to fix the problem. we didn't hire you to whine about it. we didn't hire you to say we need another term in order to do this. we hired you to do a in space of four years. that will be a miserable failure and a...
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government workers favor barack obama by 17 points. clearly the republicans believe, the entrepreneurs, people that create small businesses that higher 80% of new workers will be receptive to that message. bill: in your estimation that is good contrast will be drawn? >> well, obama is going to have the support of people who depend on government support. who work for the government. that constituency is pretty much locked down. so mitt romney has to go where people are worried that the private economy isn't growing fast enough to hire more people. let's face it, over half the unemployed have been unemployed for seven, eight, nine months or longer. that means the longer they stay out of the workforce, the harder it is for them to get a job. the more unemployment may become permanent. that will make us look like europe. bill: don't want that. you know in 2008 did you know that john mccain hat 39 million people watch his speech? that is a bigger audience than any other tv program out there. academy awards, "american idol." that was a recor
government workers favor barack obama by 17 points. clearly the republicans believe, the entrepreneurs, people that create small businesses that higher 80% of new workers will be receptive to that message. bill: in your estimation that is good contrast will be drawn? >> well, obama is going to have the support of people who depend on government support. who work for the government. that constituency is pretty much locked down. so mitt romney has to go where people are worried that the...
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president obama wants to raise tax rates. mitt romney wants to change, he basically wants tax reform which would lower tax rates but bring in more money from the wealthy. depends how you go about it. most economists would say that if you raise tax rates on the wealthy, that does not help the economy. most economists would say if you have tax reform, lower rates, fewer loopholes, more money to the treasury, you help the economy. bill: that is going to play out in a significant way as we move forward to november. >> that is the election, bill. bill: stuart, thank you. see you 9:15 on fbn. stuart varney leading the coverage. martha has more on this. martha: that is the election, bill right there. let's get context on the job situation. this is where we've been since december 2007. the peak for jobless numbers, 659,000 back in 2009. that is long way from where we are today as you can see. but when you get a close-up at the end of that chart, you will see if you can, that there is recent up tick at the end of that. the yellow line
president obama wants to raise tax rates. mitt romney wants to change, he basically wants tax reform which would lower tax rates but bring in more money from the wealthy. depends how you go about it. most economists would say that if you raise tax rates on the wealthy, that does not help the economy. most economists would say if you have tax reform, lower rates, fewer loopholes, more money to the treasury, you help the economy. bill: that is going to play out in a significant way as we move...
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president obama in the crowd. watch this. >> his goal is to pit the american people against each other so we won't vote about the things that matter. well, let me tell you something. what mitt romney is doing is wrong. those aren't the values that i grew up with. what he is doing is beneath the dignity of the american people, and we won't let him win. [cheers and applause] martha: so the question raised, is there a rift between the president and the unions who have supported him throughout his political career? democratic delaware senator chris cans will be with us later in "america's newsroom" on that big question. bill: chicago mayor rahm emanuel, one of the featured speakers late tonight on the stage behind us here. a former white house chief of staff, said his former boss, barack obama, had difficult decisions to make shortly after taking office. remember here? >> i helped him and i want to help him get reelected because i think he is good for the city of chicago and great for the country. he has done a great
president obama in the crowd. watch this. >> his goal is to pit the american people against each other so we won't vote about the things that matter. well, let me tell you something. what mitt romney is doing is wrong. those aren't the values that i grew up with. what he is doing is beneath the dignity of the american people, and we won't let him win. [cheers and applause] martha: so the question raised, is there a rift between the president and the unions who have supported him...
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bill: what about the obama campaign? >> reporter: i think we'll see much more aggressive president obama on tuesday night. a lot of what he was going to do is what we see the campaign do over the past couple weeks, truth squadding, what mitt romney has been saying on the campaign trail and first debate. he will talk first about medicare. that is one of his first attack points. health care including that preexisting condition that mitt romney talked about the other day. as well as the the 20% across the board tax cut that the governor is proposing. that is a cut in the tax rates. here is what robert gibbs said yesterday about that. >> if mitt romney puts up his hand says i don't have a tax cut, i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut plan the president will walk through for voters in that room that will be undecided exactly what the romney campaign wants to do and why it is bad for this country. >> reporter: the obama campaign setting the table for tomorrow night with a new web ad sees voters talking about what mitt romney sai
bill: what about the obama campaign? >> reporter: i think we'll see much more aggressive president obama on tuesday night. a lot of what he was going to do is what we see the campaign do over the past couple weeks, truth squadding, what mitt romney has been saying on the campaign trail and first debate. he will talk first about medicare. that is one of his first attack points. health care including that preexisting condition that mitt romney talked about the other day. as well as the the...
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obama needs to out plan a plan for the future. martha: romney is looking at all the places where he's weak right now and saying i need to go after this group. what is the most compelling argument would you say from both of you, for him, as he tries to gain this group, and president obama too has lost some ground with this group. brad, you go first. >> i teach at georgetown university, i'm around students every day and we just had chris stirewalt at our university with his show yesterday. you know what our students are concerned about? they are concerned about jobs. and the fact is their parents are paying a lot of money or taking on debt to go to a great school but they are afraid this won't be a job at end of their education. they soured on obama. there is no more hope and change for these young people. i've got to tell you if romney stays true to his core beliefs and he's able to communicate with young people on a serious message, they will resonate with young people. martha: we'll see. we'll see how it goes. thanks so much you
obama needs to out plan a plan for the future. martha: romney is looking at all the places where he's weak right now and saying i need to go after this group. what is the most compelling argument would you say from both of you, for him, as he tries to gain this group, and president obama too has lost some ground with this group. brad, you go first. >> i teach at georgetown university, i'm around students every day and we just had chris stirewalt at our university with his show yesterday....
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the obama administration is throwing down the gauntlet here saying that president obama will not sign any bills that break the terms of their summer debt deal. martha: so i spoke with congressman paul ryan just a little while ago and got his reaction to that from the white house. so we're welcoming this morning house budget committee chairman paul ryan who is joining us now. good morning, good to have you here, congressman ryan. >> morning, martha. how you doing today? martha: i'm doing just great. i want to read something to you that came out from the white house yesterday which is a response, really, to your budget proposal, and here's what that letter to the house of representatives and senate leaders says: until the house of representatives indicates that i will abide by last summer's agreement, the president will not be able to sign any appropriations bills. so that pretty much lays it out there. what's your reaction to that? >> look, what we're simply trying to do is get spending under carom. the -- control. the budget control act has a ceiling on spending, and we propose to go
the obama administration is throwing down the gauntlet here saying that president obama will not sign any bills that break the terms of their summer debt deal. martha: so i spoke with congressman paul ryan just a little while ago and got his reaction to that from the white house. so we're welcoming this morning house budget committee chairman paul ryan who is joining us now. good morning, good to have you here, congressman ryan. >> morning, martha. how you doing today? martha: i'm doing...
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there is a narrow lead for president obama. so romney needs to make the case affirmatively for his program and why it's better than the president's. this is not just a referendum. this was the romney theory going in. he needs to prove that he's a better choice for the next four years. >> people are still persuadable. 15% is a pretty big number. if you look at undecided voters in most polls it's around 6%. but rich is right. people will pay attention to this and they will look for something maybe to make them change their minds for people who aren't completely thrilled about their choice which actually i think in both parties it's most people. most people aren't that excited about their choice. but it's mostly the independent voters they will have to focus on. bill: you make the case this debate is really for them. the persuadables. >> it's not just for them. it's for those in certain states. it's great that we can talk about the race, what's happening nationally. but what matters is what's happening in battle ground states. and
there is a narrow lead for president obama. so romney needs to make the case affirmatively for his program and why it's better than the president's. this is not just a referendum. this was the romney theory going in. he needs to prove that he's a better choice for the next four years. >> people are still persuadable. 15% is a pretty big number. if you look at undecided voters in most polls it's around 6%. but rich is right. people will pay attention to this and they will look for...
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bill: if you're still a obama fan you're still a obama fan. what about the middle. >> they're going to be undecided. they will be undecided up to election day. one or two votes or one or two decisions. i will vote or not go vote. that is undecided. they will not tip off debate. what happened the first debate, romney became an acceptable alternative. last night he reinforced that. the president fought back and obviously made his side more energized. we have energized electorate, very divided electorate, everybody voting will be important. >> if that is the case, i would imagine those voters wait for monday night. that is when the final bell will ring? >> everybody anticipate as great debate on monday night. foreign affairs is not as important as the economy but still it is very, very important. about leadership. bill: more contentious after the libya debate last night. that thing will be dissected in the media for the next five days until they go back at it. >> it will and deserves to be. at end of the day, whatever the president threw in line
bill: if you're still a obama fan you're still a obama fan. what about the middle. >> they're going to be undecided. they will be undecided up to election day. one or two votes or one or two decisions. i will vote or not go vote. that is undecided. they will not tip off debate. what happened the first debate, romney became an acceptable alternative. last night he reinforced that. the president fought back and obviously made his side more energized. we have energized electorate, very...
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continuing to battle back against the obama campaign. negative advertisements the president admitted last night sometimes go over board. here is is from the "60 minutes" overtime webcast. >> do we see sometimes us going overboard in our campaign, mistakes that are made or, you know, areas where there is no doubt that somebody could dispute how we are presenting things? you know, that happens in politics. >> reporter: that happens in politics. to counter all of that mitt romney is going to begin to go into more detail than he has in the past particularly on jobs. martha we'll hear a lot more about that during his bus trip this ohio. martha: he has a busy week ahead of him. you're in pueblo, colorado, john, where you mentioned. that is where governor romney will have an event couple hours from now. were pueblo and why colorado today? >> reporter: you might ask why pueblo. president beat john mccain in this county by 15 points. economic message resonates here. here is why. 38%. population is hispanic. hispanics have average unemployment rat
continuing to battle back against the obama campaign. negative advertisements the president admitted last night sometimes go over board. here is is from the "60 minutes" overtime webcast. >> do we see sometimes us going overboard in our campaign, mistakes that are made or, you know, areas where there is no doubt that somebody could dispute how we are presenting things? you know, that happens in politics. >> reporter: that happens in politics. to counter all of that mitt...
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martha: okay. >> the obama lead is a real one. it is not a lead that would disappear if the polls were weighted in a slightly different direction. but that being said, in the state of ohio, for example, where they have a plus 8 democratic skew, in 2004 it, was a plus 5 republican skew. now i don't expect that we're going to go back as far as we did in '04, martha, but i do think that a 3, 4, 5, point democratic bulk would be right, that means the obama lead woo come down 3, 4, 5 points. there is some bias. obama is still ahead nonetheless. martha: lots to talk about here. monica, there are those who would look at this situation and all the outcry over the polls and say, when you're having a problem you will suddenly say that the polls are skewed. >> yeah. no, but i agree with doug. look, there are a couple things going on here. a lot of these polls are oversampling democrats as doug pointed out and overestimating the democratic turn grout they're saying democratic turnout will be greater than two thought and as doug says nobody be
martha: okay. >> the obama lead is a real one. it is not a lead that would disappear if the polls were weighted in a slightly different direction. but that being said, in the state of ohio, for example, where they have a plus 8 democratic skew, in 2004 it, was a plus 5 republican skew. now i don't expect that we're going to go back as far as we did in '04, martha, but i do think that a 3, 4, 5, point democratic bulk would be right, that means the obama lead woo come down 3, 4, 5 points....
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. >> president obama busy. president obama is traveling the country, did you know this? he spent last night in las vegas. [cheers and applause] this morning he woke up on his hotel room floor trying what t do about a tiger, baby and 9% unemployment. martha: no 9% unemployment and hangover. bill: mike tyson hanging out. we've got to run, right? have a great weekend. martha: you too i'll off and running on monday. building up to florida. off we go. martha: "happening now" getting started. we'll see you monday. have a great one. jon: happening now begins with this fox news alert out of downtown cincinnati. several people rushed to the hospital there after a serious collapse of a construction site of a new casino. rick folbaum standing by with very latest. >> reporter: jon, i've been in touch with the cincinnati fire department. at one point they had 26 engine companies responding. there is confusion about number of people injured. we're told 16 to 20 people. apparently nine of those people injured have serious injuries. no word what caused part of this building to come down
. >> president obama busy. president obama is traveling the country, did you know this? he spent last night in las vegas. [cheers and applause] this morning he woke up on his hotel room floor trying what t do about a tiger, baby and 9% unemployment. martha: no 9% unemployment and hangover. bill: mike tyson hanging out. we've got to run, right? have a great weekend. martha: you too i'll off and running on monday. building up to florida. off we go. martha: "happening now" getting...
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obama-care survived the supreme court and the presidential elections. the new law that could make it unworkable and raise your healthcare premiums in the process. heather: democrats rising to ambassador rice's comments on benghazi claiming racism. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. heather: clothing is no longer optional on the streets of san francisco. but that didn't stop demonstrators from stripping down to protest the new nudity ban. but lawmakers narrowly voting to prohibit people from exposing themselves. that is angering some who prefer going au naturale. >> it many telling people they should be ashamed to be maked in our city. >> it's weird. this our city. it's why we are here. if it's offensive to you don't live here. heather: the ban was suggested in reaction to a group of naked men who wo
obama-care survived the supreme court and the presidential elections. the new law that could make it unworkable and raise your healthcare premiums in the process. heather: democrats rising to ambassador rice's comments on benghazi claiming racism. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your...
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president obama is standing by u.s. ambassador susan rice once again, yesterday he spoke to reporters right before he entered a meeting with his cabinet. >> susan rice is extraordinary, continue be prouder ever the job she's done. [applause] martha: nothing like a little public support from your boss to make you feel better. she has definitely been in a very intense situation in recent days. these five republican senators all said that they left a meeting with susan rice this week with a lot more questions than answers. ambassador rice is under fire for her controversial benghazi comments. we remember that those happened in the days after the attack, after others had already said that it was a terrorist attack and she claimed that it was otherwise. bret baier joins us now, he's the anchor of "special report." good morning, good to have you here. martha here. >> reporter: good morning, martha. martha: what does that tell you about what is going on within the cabinet, within the decision making, the second term cabinet re
president obama is standing by u.s. ambassador susan rice once again, yesterday he spoke to reporters right before he entered a meeting with his cabinet. >> susan rice is extraordinary, continue be prouder ever the job she's done. [applause] martha: nothing like a little public support from your boss to make you feel better. she has definitely been in a very intense situation in recent days. these five republican senators all said that they left a meeting with susan rice this week with a...
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yesterday president obama spoke with the russian leadership. the secretary-general of the united nations spoke to chinese leadership, trying to broker some type of a compromise. that bottom line here does not appear to be in the offering. no breakthrough is expected. we expect that vote to take place again in a little less than one hour's time. bill? bill: what then, david lee, if the vote fails to pass as expected? >> reporter: it is very possible that there could be a vote on a simple u.n. resolution that would do nothing more than extend the mandate for u.n. observers to remain in syria. that mandate is going to expire on friday. already though the norwegian general, bill, who was in charge of the observers on the ground, has left damascus. he is headed to geneva. in his news conference before departing he told reports for the sake of the syrian people we need effective leadership from the security council but he also said that the mission of those observers on the ground completely irrelevant unless there's a political process in place and
yesterday president obama spoke with the russian leadership. the secretary-general of the united nations spoke to chinese leadership, trying to broker some type of a compromise. that bottom line here does not appear to be in the offering. no breakthrough is expected. we expect that vote to take place again in a little less than one hour's time. bill? bill: what then, david lee, if the vote fails to pass as expected? >> reporter: it is very possible that there could be a vote on a simple...
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we'll beat obama based on our unity. republicans need to understand that in order to beat this president, we must be united. the sooner we get a nominee the better it is. bill: do you agree with doug's point about the super pacs? >> they are a pox on both houses. when a third party can spend more money than the individual candidates themselves and trick the people into believing it's the candidate delivering the message it's dangerous or republicans and democrats. bill: i don't know if voters think about that. we are asking about that very question today. thank you for your time. you can weigh in. go to foxnews.com and click on our vote item there today. what we are asking is whether you think it's good for the party or bad for the party. you can weigh in right now. we'll bring you result a bit later. we started this late yesterday. and it wasn't real clear-cut. we were almost down the middle for what viewers were thinking. martha: keep it coming. and we also want to talk to you about the surprising unemployment numbers
we'll beat obama based on our unity. republicans need to understand that in order to beat this president, we must be united. the sooner we get a nominee the better it is. bill: do you agree with doug's point about the super pacs? >> they are a pox on both houses. when a third party can spend more money than the individual candidates themselves and trick the people into believing it's the candidate delivering the message it's dangerous or republicans and democrats. bill: i don't know if...
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he said i would much rather be romney than obama at this stage. read into that for us, a bit, steve. >> first of all i agree with you that jay cost is one of the smartest people who talks about politics in the country. i think he is right. if you look at independents across the nation, but look at independents in the states that will matter the most in places like wisconsin, ohio, maybe iowa, florida certainly, independents in those areas seem to be trending toward mitt romney and buying his argument that he is the one who can improve the economy. so i think jay is right and i think he is, that is reason you would rather be mitt romney at this point especially coming out of a bloody primary than you would the president. martha: we have a long way to go. we'll see where it heads. steve hayes, joining us this morning from d.c.. gregg: martha, still on the subject of politics, cory booker now responding to the firestorm over his comments on the obama campaign's assault on mitt romney's business record. the newark mayor saying the attacks were, quote,
he said i would much rather be romney than obama at this stage. read into that for us, a bit, steve. >> first of all i agree with you that jay cost is one of the smartest people who talks about politics in the country. i think he is right. if you look at independents across the nation, but look at independents in the states that will matter the most in places like wisconsin, ohio, maybe iowa, florida certainly, independents in those areas seem to be trending toward mitt romney and buying...
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what do you have between romney and obama, scott? >> 49% for romney, 47% for obama. very significantly this is exactly the same as what we showed going into the second debate. governor romney gained that after the first debate of the president obama had a better performance and stopped his slide but didn't turn things around. bill: what is a leaner, scott? is likely voter or more than that? >> a leaner who is someone we first call them, saying i don't know. i'm not sure which way i'm going to vote. we say if you had to make up your mind today, which way would you vote? these people are not really committed but starting to lean. bill: on the map you give us numbers from one of the critical swing states out in the american west. i want to set this up for our viewers here in a moment. what we have done, we have taken 11 states right now considered too close to call, north carolina is included in that on our survey by the way right now but you just found out a short time ago the state of colorado, you were polling, in 2008, this was a state that went blue. you see how cl
what do you have between romney and obama, scott? >> 49% for romney, 47% for obama. very significantly this is exactly the same as what we showed going into the second debate. governor romney gained that after the first debate of the president obama had a better performance and stopped his slide but didn't turn things around. bill: what is a leaner, scott? is likely voter or more than that? >> a leaner who is someone we first call them, saying i don't know. i'm not sure which way...
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i've been in contact with the obama campaign on both issues. we'll bring you their statement when we get it. bill: we'll bring you back when we get it. mike emanuel in washington. jamie: congressman ryan were saying the obama campaign is trying to scare americans from voting for governor romney. fair point? karl rove joins us with his thoughts after the break. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. [laughter] >> but i always say what i mean. and so does romney. >> we want everybody -- bill: 10:30 here in new york if you're joining us on friday morning. the coverage continues. the fallout from last night. paul ryan firing back at joe biden after the vice president repeatedly hit him over governor romney's policy proposals. >> barack obama four years ago running for president said if you don't have any fresh ideas use stale tactics to scare voters. if you don't have a good record to run on paint your opponent as someone who people should run from. bill: karl rove, deputy
i've been in contact with the obama campaign on both issues. we'll bring you their statement when we get it. bill: we'll bring you back when we get it. mike emanuel in washington. jamie: congressman ryan were saying the obama campaign is trying to scare americans from voting for governor romney. fair point? karl rove joins us with his thoughts after the break. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. [laughter]...
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he actually previously was beating obama in matchups or was tied with obama in matchups and what has happened, if you look, there has been a series of polls shown him dropping among independents. he was beating obama among independents by about 10 points in most polls and what's happened is newt gingrich attacks on him have taken a real to and his response to them frankly has taken a real to, particularly taxes issue hurt him in this poll, the "abc news/washington post poll" that they showed something like 2/3 of people believe that the tax rate that romney pays is unfair. so i think that has taken a toll. and then the bain attacks i think also taken a toll among independents. they generally don't like the nastiness. democrats and republicans are tending to stay with romney, with republicans, democrats with obama. it is independents that are moving. martha: i think you got it right on, kirsten in that assessment. when you look at some of the economic numbers out there, rich, they are feeding into this narrative as well in a big way. consumer confidence number that came out, 92.3. thi
he actually previously was beating obama in matchups or was tied with obama in matchups and what has happened, if you look, there has been a series of polls shown him dropping among independents. he was beating obama among independents by about 10 points in most polls and what's happened is newt gingrich attacks on him have taken a real to and his response to them frankly has taken a real to, particularly taxes issue hurt him in this poll, the "abc news/washington post poll" that they...
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the clock is ticking for the obama administration. congressman issa chairman of the house oversight mitty threatening to subpoena documents that relate to a medicare program that issa says is being used to buy the election. these are thank charges now. in a letter to kathleen sebeli sebelius, he says they have until 5:00 tonight. here is john fund from the "national review." good morning to you. i want to break this down to when, where and why. what is the issue when it comes to medicare advantage that he is referring to. >> medicare advantage is a program that is part of medicare, it's privately run medicare. the federal government pays the bills but private companies provide services traditional medicare doesn't. gym memberships, wellness programs, more access to specialists. it's so popular one out of five patients are in the program. bill: you're reporting that obamacare will shift more than $200 billion over the next ten years out of medicare advantage, and now the charge is that that should be happening right now and it's not. w
the clock is ticking for the obama administration. congressman issa chairman of the house oversight mitty threatening to subpoena documents that relate to a medicare program that issa says is being used to buy the election. these are thank charges now. in a letter to kathleen sebeli sebelius, he says they have until 5:00 tonight. here is john fund from the "national review." good morning to you. i want to break this down to when, where and why. what is the issue when it comes to...
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what we have a desperate out of idea campaign by an obama team, if you will, obama-biden, axelrod, stephanie cutter, the kind would put out the joe soptic septic ad and turn around what they did in 2008. they want to divide americans. here we are in danville, the last capital of the confederacy. 50/50, split of black and white. joe biden slips into the hillary clinton al gore dialect. put y'all back in chains. this is insulting to americans and certainly will be insulting to many people who look at this and say when we should be talking about the policies, when we should be debating what can be done about medicare and medicaid, when they have been very clear on the ryan-widen plan versus the president or hopefully president romney plan. we get the attacks by the obama campaign. is romney a felon? we heard that attack. is he a racist? >> that wasn't the campaign. martha: gentlemen, i want to show the comments we're talking about here from vice president biden. then we'll get your thoughts. >> romney wants to let, he said in the first 100 days he will let the big banks once again write their o
what we have a desperate out of idea campaign by an obama team, if you will, obama-biden, axelrod, stephanie cutter, the kind would put out the joe soptic septic ad and turn around what they did in 2008. they want to divide americans. here we are in danville, the last capital of the confederacy. 50/50, split of black and white. joe biden slips into the hillary clinton al gore dialect. put y'all back in chains. this is insulting to americans and certainly will be insulting to many people who...
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obama campaign, seized on that. the president used that as a rip line to ridicule governor romney across the country. this morning they have a new ad about it. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, i will criminals gluttons of greed and evil genius towered over them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird, big bird. >> me, big bird. >> a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it is not wall street you have to worry about. it is "sesame street". >> reporter: that ad was out about couple hours, bringing out "sesame street"'s couldn't saying look at president obama has been talking about this. mentioned big bird eight times. elmo five times. zero mentions about libya and zero plans to fix the economy. this is going in a very interesting direction this morning. bill: back and forth we go. thank you, john. we'll follow the campaign stoplighter in iowa. martha: we'll talk about all that "sesame street" stuff later in the show. governor romney starting his day in the key battleground state o
obama campaign, seized on that. the president used that as a rip line to ridicule governor romney across the country. this morning they have a new ad about it. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, i will criminals gluttons of greed and evil genius towered over them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird, big bird. >> me, big bird. >> a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it is not wall street you have to worry about. it is...
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bill: president obama. >> president obama. i think to certain extent but reflect as mindset. it is the mindset the contrast between what romney and his campaign will be about. we can again become a great leader of the world as we always have been. we can get americans back to work again. we don't need government to create jobs. we need americans to create jobs and small business in particular. bill: thank you. ed rollins in new york. let me show viewers comments made by governor romney and why this is important in november. go back to 2008 in the map. pennsylvania went blue and democrat easily for president obama, 55-44 over john mccain. hear is the map. this is where president obama did so well, the blue counties around the east in philadelphia. the western half of the state is primarily red. that is where john mccain was so successful. this is pittsburgh. the comments made by governor romney so the southeast, westmoreland county. you see the red in all these county? that is mccain territory in 2008. romney wants to drive up suburban voters around pittsburgh and rural voters
bill: president obama. >> president obama. i think to certain extent but reflect as mindset. it is the mindset the contrast between what romney and his campaign will be about. we can again become a great leader of the world as we always have been. we can get americans back to work again. we don't need government to create jobs. we need americans to create jobs and small business in particular. bill: thank you. ed rollins in new york. let me show viewers comments made by governor romney...
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that would bay down obama's debt by economic growth. eliminating deductions and credits to give the government more money to spend not only wastes more money, raises taxes, it guts tax reform in the future. this is something the "wall street journal" knows and steve moore wrote about just last saturday. we ought to be going for lower marginal tax rates to have economic growth, and of course obama wants republicans, some republicans to start a discussion about how they'd raise taxes, while nobody has asked him or van hollen on your show what spending cuts are you talking about, he mentioned spending cuts -- stpho: it's a fair point and dick durbin a democratic senator from illinois is going to say you need to separate the fiscal cliff discussions from any talk about reforming medicare or medicaid. the bottom line in all of this is you're not going to get a vote that passes in the house unless democrats concede on the entitlement programs, and that there is the stalemate, in the 15 seconds i have left, right or wrong? >> well the challeng
that would bay down obama's debt by economic growth. eliminating deductions and credits to give the government more money to spend not only wastes more money, raises taxes, it guts tax reform in the future. this is something the "wall street journal" knows and steve moore wrote about just last saturday. we ought to be going for lower marginal tax rates to have economic growth, and of course obama wants republicans, some republicans to start a discussion about how they'd raise taxes,...